“The cosmic plan of education for the elementary child is to help him understand the universe and man’s place in it.”Margaret Stephenson, prominent Montessori theoretician and trainer
Cosmic Education exposes the child to the universe so that she will understand relationships and respond to ...
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The Brown Stairs
The brown stairs are ten wooden brown prisms that are all the same length, but vary in breadth and height.
The student scatters the ten prisms on a mat and then proceeds to place them in their right order of graduation upon the same mat. These kinds of activities help the student to develop a ...
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Snack Prep in Our Classroom
Snack preparation is a big deal in our class. It is a choice of work that the children can choose.
Preparing a snack can help grow your child’s self-esteem as well as help develop and strengthen their hand-eye coordination and the muscles in their hands, forearms, and core. The sense of ...
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Cosmic Education: The Montessori Elementary Program
Maria Montessori called her plan for the elementary-aged child, “Cosmic Education”, referencing her conviction that the limits of the course of study extend into the cosmos. The child in the elementary years is characterized by an intellectual ability to reason and imagine, a sociable nature, a ...
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Thanksgiving Celebration in Phoenixville Primary Classroom
Parents - Thank you for coming and celebrating Thanksgiving in our classroom. Your children have been excitedly expecting to work with you in the class. We can see so many proud happy faces working together with his/her parents and vice versa. We captured some precious moments shared in the gallery ...
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Learning to Be Thankful in Our Class
The children have been working on an array of activities in which they must be more aware of others’ needs. This is especially true during the holiday season. We have been sharing a variety of books that let the children understand the concept of those in need throughout the world and how they can ...
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The Power of Order
You may have heard a lot of parenting advice saying, “The key to parenting is consistency. You have to be consistent with your children.” What is consistency? And how does consistency work according to the world of Montessori? How can you, as parents, help your child through offering ...
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Fall in the VFKH Elementary Classroom
We had a delightful early school year in the Elementary classroom with returning students re-adjusting to working directly with the Lead Guide in-person after a year of distance learning and our first-year friends becoming acclimated to the unique character of the Montessori Elementary ...
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